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Old 08-13-2006, 05:00 AM   #475
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Originally Posted by ukhotstove
It tell's you about their history but doesn't tell you how they came about, I'm thinking it's either the company started the team or workers did as it does say the team started soon after the car plant opened.
Vauxhall Motors was set up as a workers team.

From www.vmfc.com/history.htm

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1963 Football Club was formed by former West Bromwich Albion player, Fred Ward, shortly after the opening of the new Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port. Playing at “Hooton Park” inside the plant complex, the new club joined the Ellesmere Port League.
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